Fixed Overhead Costs Are Not Expected to Vary with Production

question 61

Multiple Choice

Fixed overhead costs are not expected to vary with production volumes. Therefore, production volume variances:

• A) Do not exist in most organizations
• B) Exist only if production volume is higher than anticipated
• C) Exist only if production volume is lower than expected
• D) Exist because of estimates in the calculation of the overhead allocation rate

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